Pick anyone, walk to anyone else. The path lights up hop by hop with names, faces, and exact relationship labels.
From early-1800s Tiszadob and Petneháza to your name. The chain that ends in you.
Discovery · Living cousin
Your fifth cousin once removed Sandra Kiferbaum lives in Chicago and has spent fifteen years independently researching the Weisz line. She made two trips to Hungary and found documents now used in this archive.
Path: Eli → Bobby → Lipot → Lebli ← Imre ← Esther ← Sandra.
Discovery · Your name
Your great-great-grandfather Samuel "Shaul" Weisz (1860 Petneháza) is who you are named for. The second of your given names, Shaul, traces back four generations to him.
His matzeivah stands in the Nyírbogát Jewish cemetery, photographed in 2025.
Discovery · Double kehunah
Both sides are Kohanim — Klein and Weisz. The priestly designation comes down to you through Tatty's father (Laci Klein) and through Bobby's father (Lipot Weisz), an unusually layered lineage.
Both lines met when Bobby married Laci in 1952.
Discovery · The Grósz hinge
Bobby's parents Lipot and Regina were first cousins. Both were grandchildren of Ferencz Grósz and Háni Berger, through Roza and Miriam — two Grósz sisters who married into the Weisz and Feldman branches.
Why the Weisz and Feldman lines intertwine.
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